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Originally Posted by poohaddict
How do you check Gamut in PSE9???? New to designing  |
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Originally Posted by 3LilMonsters
There is no way to check gamut in PSE. I have searched everywhere for a program to check gamut, and I haven't come across any except PSCS which I can't afford ATM. You might be able to find a friend who has CS and ask them to check it. It only takes a second to check, and most people don't mind helping out. Hope that helps.
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The whole gamut issue refers to the difference between monitor output (what you see on your computer screen) and what a printer can reproduce using the cartridges that are put into it. When you create an image in PhotoShop or other program, you are likely using RGB color which is like coloring with a box of 256 different crayons. When you send your image to the printer, the printer must recreate it using a much smaller box of crayons (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black---CMYK color). Obviously with so few colors to work with, some of the colors in the original image will be impossible to match.
I've done some research into a solution to this since everyone obviously doesn't have the full version of PhotoShop at their disposal. I found a website that doesn't check your images to see if they are in gamut, but simply puts them in gamut if necessary. Referencing the above explanation, it converts them from RGB to CMYK. I only tried the online tool once as I was looking for the best one available, but I didn't have any problems with it. After converting your image to CMYK using the tool, it is up to you to look at it compared to the original and make sure it looks right to you before proceeding. I like the results that PhotoShop gives better than those from the free online conversion tool, but for those who don't have access to PhotoShop, it is a free alternative that still gets the job done.
http://www.rgb2cmyk.org/
If you use this online tool, please let me know how it works for you so I can decide whether to post it in the tutorials/tips thread. Thanks!